Quality of what I believe is Korean construction is excellent. Standard Tobias pick ups not quite as responsive as the Bartiloni upgrades on my Toby 4. The body is comfortable and beautiful to look at (natural satin finish) I have had it for 18 months and still love to pick it up everytime.īody is slightly clubbier than the Pro 4. The neck on the Pro 5 is not much wider than the smaller Pro 4. Also, the Toby Pro 4 had no string rattling like other basses I had played. Music Yo $589 Had a Toby Pro 4, but wanted a 5 string bass. I was expecting to have to spend well in excess of $1K to find a good guitar, I can't believe I found something so good for $500. Structurally, the Toby Pro-5 feels very solid and should last a long time. Nothing that affects playability and you have to hunt to find them. There were a few very minor fit and finish issues, a nicked bit of lacquer on the headstock and a few very small fills on the rosewood fingerboard. On the positive side, the battery compartment has threaded inserts so they should last. I would like a more secure holder for the battery has it had slid out of its holder in transport. Still hunting for one.Ĭonstruction is quite good. No hardshell case available from MusicYo. It's tough to quickly dial in a particular sound. Frankly, this was nicer player than a '75 Reissue J-bass I tried and a third the price, I also thought it was the equal of a $1000 Ibanez 5 string I almost bought. I'm used to a passive J-bass and the Pro-5 a very nice, low cost way to get into a modern bass design. The 6 was not for me and I returned it for the 5 and found a bass that was comfortable from the first note. I was looking for a new bass for several months and ordered a Toby 6 string on a whim. Into an old Deluxe Reverb (a '67), output is a problem which makes me suspect a high output impedence on the Pro-5 this would explain the variability of output.
People have complained about low output and I don't find that to be the case into my Ampeg combo amp. With the active pickups, there is a lot of tonal variation available though it's hard to quickly dial in what you're looking for sonically. A set of half rounds corrected that for me. The sound with the stock strings was very bring and full, a bit too bright for my taste. The frets were very even and well finished. I like a very low action and this puppy has it. But how does it play? The neck was close to perfect right out of the box, I added a little relief and it was right on. I've played a lot of instruments over the years and this has an appearance that simply gets attention.
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